Existing law, beginning January 1, 2027, in any county in which the offices of sheriff and the coroner are combined, prohibits the sheriff-coroner from determining the circumstances, manner, and cause of death, as provided, for an in-custody death, as defined. Existing law instead requires the sheriff-coroner to contract with specified entities to determine the circumstances, manner, and cause of death. Existing law requires the county board of supervisors to annually enter into a service agreement or service agreements with those entities.

This bill would remove the requirement that those service agreements be entered into annually.

Existing law, when a defendant is returned to court after specified proceedings to restore competency and it appears the defendant is gravely disabled, requires the court to initiate specified conservatorship proceedings. Existing law defines gravely disabled for these purposes as meaning a condition in which a person, as a result of specified disorders, is unable to provide for their basic personal needs for food, clothing, shelter, personal safety, or necessary medical care, or a condition in which the person has been found mentally incompetent and specified facts exist, including that the person is unable to understand the nature and purpose of the proceedings taken against them and to assist counsel in the conduct of their defense in a rational manner.

This bill would clarify that gravely disabled includes meeting either or both of these definitions of gravely disabled.

Existing law sets forth the grounds and procedures for the issuance of a search warrant. Existing law defines a search warrant to refer to an order in writing, in the name of the people, signed by a magistrate, directed to a peace officer, commanding that peace officer to search for a person or persons, a thing or things, or personal property, and, in the case of a thing or things, or personal property, bring the thing or things, or the personal property, before the magistrate.

Existing law prohibits a foreign corporation from transacting intrastate business without a certificate of qualification from the Secretary of State, and requires a statement filed for a certificate of qualification to include, among other things, an agent for service of process within the state. Existing law defines a foreign corporation for these purposes as any corporation that is qualified to do business within the state, as specified. Existing law defines “properly served” for these purposes as, among other things, a search warrant that has been delivered by hand, or by any other means specified by the recipient of the search warrant, as specified.

This bill would broaden the foreign corporation definition to include a corporation that transacts intrastate business, except a California corporation. The bill would also broaden the “properly served” definition to include, for recipients not qualified to do business in this state, any means reasonably calculated to give actual notice.

Existing law requires the sheriff or city municipal police department, when determining whether a non-California resident is qualified for a license to carry a firearm capable of being concealed on the person, to conduct an in-person or virtual interview of the applicant, unless the application is for a renewal of that license.